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Biography
Dame Elizabeth Gloster, DBE, PC (born 5 June 1949) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. While a judge of the High Court of Justice, she served as the first female judge of the Commercial Court.
Education
Gloster was educated at Roedean School and Girton College, Cambridge.
Career
Gloster was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1971 (and made a bencher in 1992). She joined the Magic Circle set of One Essex Court. In 1989, she became a Queen's Counsel. She was appointed a judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey in 1993 and a Recorder in 1995.
On 21 April 2004, Gloster was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), and appointed to the Queen's Bench Division. From 2010-12, she served as head of the Commercial Court."The Hon Mrs Justice Gloster, DBE". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
On 9 April 2013, she was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal and consequently appointed to the Privy Council.
She will become Vice-President of the Civil Division on 7 December 2016, following the retirement of Lord Justice Martin Moore-Bick.
Judgments
- Relfo Ltd v Varsani [2014] EWCA Civ 360 - English unjust enrichment law concerning to what extent enrichment of the defendant must be at the expense of the claimant; Gloster LJ concurring with [Arden LJ]]
- "Gloster, Dame Elizabeth - Hot 100". The Lawyer. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Appointment of new judge in charge of the Commercial Court". The Judicial Office. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- The London Gazette: no. 57274. p. 5305. 28 April 2004.
- The London Gazette: no. 60472. p. 7097. 11 April 2013.
- https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/appointed-of-the-new-vice-president-of-the-court-of-appeal-civil/
Private life
In 2004, Elizabeth Gloster was divorced from her husband of three decades, Stanley Brodie QC. On 15 March 2008, she married former judge and noted cricket player Sir Oliver Popplewell.